Improvement in shot-cartridges



- A. B. & R. A. KA.

SHOT-CARTRIDGE.

Patented Jan. 18, 1876 ALLAN B.'KAY AND ROBERT KAY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

iMPROVEMENT IN SHOI-CARTRIDGES.

Specification formin g p art of Letbers Patent No. &, fl6, dated Jan uafy 18; 1876; application filed January 3, 1876.

T0 au whom it may concern: A

136 ii: known that we, ALLAN B. KAY and ROBERT A. KAY, of Newark, in the county ot Essex, and in the State of New Jersey, have imented certain new and usefi1l Im provements in Shot-Oartridges and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accom-- panying drawings, making apa1t of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved cartridge as arranged for use. Fig. 2 is a iike view of the case and wnd separated,

and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of-' said cartridge. A

Letters ot like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

In the use of shot-cartridges it is reqnisite that a wad shonld be placed in front; of the said wad ofiered such resistance to the passage of the shot through the air as to materially deorease their range.

T0 obviate this difiiculty is the design of* 0111 invention, which consists in combining Wh a shot-cartridge a Wad composed of perforated, reticulzited, or woven metal,- or other suitable materiil, substantialiy asand for the purpose hereinafter speeified.

In the annexed drawings, Arepfesents a cartridge-casing, composed of any suitable material, permanentiyelosed at one end, and partially filled With shot, B and B: The open end a of the casing A is incl0sed by means of a wad, 0, which is constrncted, preterably,

from wire-cloth, and is provided around its edge With a downward-projecting flange, a, that em braces the shot, B and B, contiguous to said wad. The wad C being confined in place by any desired means, the oartridge is ready for use, and ii; is found that said wad passes readily through the air, and offers snob slight resistance to the motion of the shot as to cause the latter to have a much longer range than would be possible were the ordinary imperforate wad empioyed. In addition to the advant age named the wad C causes the shot to scatter less than usnal, it;s flan ge 0 operatin g 50 confine the forward shot, and the latter to prevent those in the rear fron1 becoming separated. A

While metal is, preferably, employed foi construeting our wad, any other material possessing sufficient strength will answer the same purpose.

Having thus fully set forth the, nature and merits of our invention, what we claim as new In combination with a shot-eartridge, a wad composed of perforted, reticulated, or W0en metal, substantially as and for the purpose speoified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereuto set our bauds and seals this 3lst day of December, 1875.

ALLAN B. KAY. L. S.] ROBERT A. KAY. I. S.] 

